Shooting range system

Abstract

A method for monitoring shooting, the method may include sensing, by a shoot monitor that is coupled to a shooter, a shooting executed by the shooter; generating and transmitting to a computer shoot data reflecting the shooting executed by the shooter by the shoot monitor; sensing hits of a target by a hits monitor; generating and transmitting to the computer hits data reflecting the hits by the hits monitor; wherein the hits monitor differs from the shoot monitor; receiving, by a computer, the shoot data and the hits data; and generating, by the computer a result that is indicative of (a) the shooting executed by the shooter and (b) hits resulting from the shooting executed by the shooter.

We claim: 
     
         1 . A method for monitoring shooting, the method comprises: sensing, by a shoot monitor that is coupled to a shooter, a shooting executed by the shooter; generating and transmitting to a computer shoot data reflecting the shooting executed by the shooter by the shoot monitor;
 sensing hits of a target by a hits monitor; generating and transmitting to the computer hits data reflecting the hits by the hits monitor; wherein the hits monitor differs from the shoot monitor;   receiving, by a computer, the shoot data and the hits data; and generating, by the computer a result that is indicative of (a) the shooting executed by the shooter and (b) hits resulting from the shooting executed by the shooter.   
     
     
         2 . The method according to  claim 1  wherein the shoot monitor comprises an elastic band that comprises one or more sensor. 
     
     
         3 . The method according to  claim 1  wherein the shoot data reflects only a time and location of a firing phase of the shooting. 
     
     
         4 . The method according to  claim 1  wherein the shoot data reflects a firing phase and a cock phase of the shooting. 
     
     
         5 . The method according to  claim 1  wherein the shoot data reflects a firing phase, a cock phase and a draw phase of the shooting. 
     
     
         6 . The method according to  claim 1  comprising providing an indication to the shooter, using the shoot monitor, that a shooting session started and that the shooting session ended. 
     
     
         7 . The method according to  claim 1  comprising correlating between shots and hits based on timing information provided by the shoot monitor and by the hits monitor. 
     
     
         8 . The method according to  claim 1  wherein the shoot monitor comprises an accelerometer and an acoustic sensor. 
     
     
         9 . The method according to  claim 1  wherein the hits monitor comprises a first sensor for sensing an occurrence of a hit and a second sensor for sensing a location of the hit; wherein the second sensor is triggered by the first sensor. 
     
     
         10 . The method according to  claim 1  comprising pairing shooting to hits. 
     
     
         11 . A system for monitoring shooting, the system comprises: a shoot monitor for sensing a shooting executed by the shooter and for generating and transmitting to a computer shoot data reflecting the shooting executed by the shooter; a hits monitor for sensing hits of a target and for generating and transmitting to the computer hits data reflecting the hits; wherein the hits monitor differs from the shoot monitor; a computer for (a) receiving the shoot data and the hits data; and (b) generating a result that is indicative of the shooting executed by the shooter and hits resulting from the shooting executed by the shooter. 
     
     
         12 . The system according to  claim 11  wherein the shoot monitor comprises an elastic band that comprises one or more sensor. 
     
     
         13 . The system according to  claim 11  wherein the shoot data reflects only a time and location of a firing phase of the shooting. 
     
     
         14 . The system according to  claim 11  wherein the shoot data reflects a firing phase and a cock phase of the shooting. 
     
     
         15 . The system according to  claim 11  wherein the shoot data reflects a firing phase, a cock phase and a draw phase of the shooting. 
     
     
         16 . The system according to  claim 11  comprising providing an indication to the shooter, using the shoot monitor, that a shooting session started and that the shooting session ended. 
     
     
         17 . The system according to  claim 11  comprising correlating between shots and hits based on timing information provided by the shoot monitor and by the hits monitor. 
     
     
         18 . The system according to  claim 11  wherein the shoot monitor comprises an accelerometer and an acoustic sensor. 
     
     
         19 . The system according to  claim 11  wherein the hits monitor comprises a first sensor for sensing an occurrence of a hit and a second sensor for sensing a location of the hit; wherein the second sensor is triggered by the first sensor. 
     
     
         20 . The system according to  claim 11  comprising pairing shooting to hits.